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WA SB5758

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rebecca Saldana

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Cities, towns, and counties are prohibited from requiring cannabis retail premises licensed under RCW 69.50.335(1) to locate more than 250 feet from any other cannabis retail license location
  • Amends RCW 69.50.331, which governs the Liquor and Cannabis Board's evaluation of cannabis license applications for producers, processors, researchers, transporters, and retailers
  • Maintains existing 1,000-foot buffer zones between cannabis retail premises and schools, playgrounds, recreation centers, child care centers, parks, transit centers, libraries, and age-restricted game arcades
  • Local jurisdictions retain authority to reduce the 1,000-foot buffer to 100 feet for most protected facilities through local ordinance, except for elementary schools, secondary schools, and playgrounds
  • Sponsored by Senators Saldaña and Nobles; passed out of Senate Labor & Commerce Committee on February 21, 2025

Legislative Description

Supporting social equity in the cannabis industry by establishing distance requirements for certain licensees.

Last Action

Senate Rules "X" file.

2/26/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules4/27/2025
Consumer Protection & Business3/14/2025
Rules2/21/2025
Labor & Commerce2/17/2025

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